Bronze as of Nero

A dark green bronze coin shows a profile head of a young man facing right, with hair set in neat curls and a bare neck. Raised Latin capitals run around the left rim, and the worn surface suggests a coin long buried or handled. The record's identification of a Nero bronze is consistent with the legend and portrait.

Look closer: The lettering along the left rim is part of the legend naming the emperor, easy to overlook at this size.

Artist

Unknown

Date

64–66 CE

Medium

Bronze

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2108 × 1928 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Joseph H. Durkee, 1899